Bug#816246: boinc-manager:task tab in advanced view does not update properly -> last active task does not update automatically, regardless of sort order

[vic_dev]

Hello,
Installed boinc 7.6.28+dfsg-1 from testing, and the task panel is now 
updating properly.
Thank-you

On 2/29/2016 7:25 AM, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote:
> Hi, can you please try boinc from testing?
> a lot of gtk fixes has been added there.
>
> cheers,
>
> G.
>
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> Il Lunedì 29 Febbraio 2016 5:33, vic_dev <vic_dev at coldproof.ca> ha scritto:
> Package: boinc-manager
> Version: 7.4.23+dfsg-1
>
> The task tab in the advanced view does not update properly, the last
> active task does not update automatically, instead it displays the same
> thing all the time until user interacts with the task list. (Last active
> task = the active task at the bottom of the list, regardless of sort order.)
>
> The last active task only updates when I click on any task in the list,
> or when the sort order is changed, or when switching away from the task
> tab then back again.  Changing the sort order does not change this, it
> just moves the non-updating behavior to whatever task ends up at the
> bottom of the list.
>
> This behavior is the same on two computers in either the Gnome or Xfce
> desktops.  Each computer has an AMD Phenom II X4 processor, with an
> Radeon 5850 graphics card, using both CPU and GPU to crunch Seti at Home
> workunits (using OpenCL).
>
> Noticed this behavior a long time ago, has been an issue for several years.
>
> OS: Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)
> Kernel:  3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u3 (2016-01-17)
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
> Architecture: x86-64
> wxWidgets: 3.0.2-1+b1
> AMD OpenCL: 1:15.9-4~deb8u1
>
> Debian Release: 8.3
>     APT prefers stable-updates
>     APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
>
> boinc-client: 7.4.23+dfsg-1
> libboinc7: 7.4.23+dfsg-1
> libc6: 2.19-18+deb8u3
> libgcc1: 1:4.9.2-10
> libglib2.0-0: 2.42.1-1
> libgtk2.0-0: 2.24.25-3
> libnotify4: 0.7.6-2
> libsqlite3-0: 3.8.7.1-1+deb8u1
> libstdc++6: 4.9.2-10
> libwxbase3.0-0: 3.0.2-1+b1
> libwxgtk-webview3.0-0: 3.0.2-1+b1
> libwxgtk3.0-0: 3.0.2-1+b1
> libgl1-mesa-glx: 10.3.2-1+deb8u1
> libxt6: 1:1.1.4-1+b1